1891 $20 PR66 Deep Cameo NGC. The 1891 Double Eagle was
struck in a year when the vast majority of large gold coin
production was earmarked for the San Francisco facility, certainly
a practical policy since nearly all newly mined gold ore originated
in the Pacific West. As a result, only 1,390 business strikes were
produced along with 52 proofs. Both are predictably elusive today,
with the tiny quantity of business strikes almost always seen with
some degree of circulation and fewer than half of the proof mintage
believed to be extant.
The surfaces on this spectacular proof Double Eagle display the
slightest haziness over fields of uncanny depth of mirrored
reflectivity, while the central features are heavily frosted, and
the resultant contrast is extreme. Solid Condition Census quality
on this difficult and sought-after proof Double Eagle issue.
Population: 3 in 66, 1 finer (4/04).From The Greenwich Collection, Part One. (#99107) (NGC ID# 26EC, PCGS# 99107)